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The Nicodemus enterprise., 1887-09-14
THE,LAST CALL.

All those knowing
themselves indebted to
$. A. Boylan are reoues-
ted to come in and set
tie within the next 10
days or their accounts
will be left with an at.
to t109rney for collection.
Please give this vo11r
immediate attention.
S. A. BOYLAN.
The Nicodemus enterprise., 1887-09-14
NICODEMUs BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

DRY GOODS, AND GROCERIES.
II. s. Henrie & Brother.-Youmg 4 Craven
I. ", Sample, :! B. Crowley.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-10-17
EauaIItx In sailing.

The New Bedford Standard of Sep
TENDER ed publishes the following
| taken from the Vineyard Gazette" OF
May %, 1873, says:
Remarkable Equality in Sailing Dis
lance of 900 Miles-Tlme 121 Days
The banks J. f. Donnell of New Bed
ford, commanded by William Earle OF
this town, and the Alfred Tyler of Ed
gartown, commanded by George Luce,
also of this town, left Honolulu, S. L.,
January 7, 1853, and both arrived, one
at New Bedford and the other at Edgar
town, on the same day.
Capt Earle, in writing to friend in
this town, makes the following state
ment: The bark J. E. Donnell sailed
from Honolulu January Z, 1858, and ar
rived at New Bedford May 9Th. Time,
I2I DAYS distance sailed, about Is, 900
miles.
On the afternoon of the first named
day, the ship lying off and on, my boat
came in for me- Capt. George Luce of
the bark Alfred Tyler, wanting to join
his vessel, got into my boat with me,
and about 5 p. M. arrived on board our
respective ships and squared away for
home--the vessels not being more than
an eighth of a mile apart. When night
closed in we lost sight of each other. On
the morning of the 9TH of May L took
a pilot (Wm. 0. Russell) near Nomans-
land, and steered in towards Guilty hunk,
passing across the stern of the Alfred
Tyler so near that could read the name
distinctly without the aid of glass.
She was bound into Edgartown, the J.
E. Donnel to New Bedford. We had
not seen each other on the whole pas
sage till that morning. This equal sail
ing cannot be beaten by anything on
record A. J. Triton.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-10-17
Japanese swor.l. manship-

LCO'. chicago IIIbu1e.
The legends of Dai Nippon contain
many illusions to the prowess of their
swordsmen and the superiority of their
weapons. Like the famous Toledo
blades Of medieval times, the swords
of the Yamahto Damashii were cele
DRAFTED and up to the revolution of, say,
thirty years ago expert workmanship
was necessary accomplishment Tor the
Samurai or arisJOcratic class
Every male member of this class was
entitled to-and did from early boy
hood-carry two swords, one long and
the other short. The ceremonial attend
ing the carriage and use of these
weapons was very elaborate. Two men
passing each other on the street were
very careful not to allow the scabbards
of their long swords to touch, for this
would have been considered tantamount
to a challenge and a duel would in
evitably result.
When the noble entered 0 hC1se the
master came forward bJ4fug three
times, with that peculiar inspiration of
the breath which travellers note even
to day among the Japs, and received
the long sword of his guest upon silk
handkerchief, conveying it With profound
ceremony to lacquer and gold cabinet
IN which slots were made to serve as
sword racks.
In the hilt of the short sword was
contained the dagger with which the
ceremonial suicide, sometimes called
Hara-kiri COR more properly Seppu-Ku),
was performed, and for this act and as
sasination only, was the dagger used.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-10-17
Mr. Ruskin has discovered that Athena
The goddess of wisdom, wore bangs"
Relative Size of South America.

South America is more than double the
size of the United States. The empire of
Brazil seems on the map quite as large as
Australia, 1t is twenty-four times the
size of England. The Argentine Republic
is nearly as large as Europe, taking
Russia out. Bolivia and Venezuela are
each twice the size Of England and Scot
land, Ecuador something less, Paraguay
equal to Great Britain, Uruguay and
Chill about the same, and the little
known regions of Patagonia and Terra
del Fuego at least double the dimensions
of Great Britain; British, French and
Dutch Guiana are nearly as large as
Great Britain. Philadelphia Call.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-10-17
The Rich Man and the Poor.

Contentrnent is not the result of the
satisfaction of the physical wants so
much as il is the result Of the satisfying
of the sympathetic wants of men. The
American workingmen are not starving,
not even in our factory towns, but ser
wants. and butchers, and bakers, and
candIestick-makers and men of every
degree and station who are under en-
pIoyers and cut off, by lack of means and
refinement, from those of their fellows
whose life seems to be free and delightful,
are starving for that kindlier treatment,
for that recognition of the identity, >. as
well as the difference, between them and
the rich, which the rich are not always
graceful In according. The rich man
stands beside the poor man and the first
thing he notices is the difference, but if
he is as much of a man as he should he
will notice, too, the identity.
The differences are many, and most of
them differences which Ofttimes might be
overcome by a change in the circum-
stances of either The identity Is some
thing deeper and less easy to change.
1t is that they are both men, with hopes
aroused by much the same things, with
possibilities of hatred born Of the same
causes, with the same general tempta-
longings for affectiOnate appreciation,
with the same personal pride and the
same struggling painting desire for rest
and peace.-"Pentaur" in Kansas City
Times.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-10-17
The Musket as a Social Force.

The student of history reading the bill
of rights sees in every clause the result
of some successful war fought to wiring
a concession Of that particular principle
from the dominant class. The musket
has steadily led the way and supported
every extension of the boundaries OF
freedom. Without so irresistible a
weapon within reach of every mans
hand, the world would still be PROSTATE
under the hoofs of an equestrian aristoc-
racy, whose despotism would only be
tempted by the tyranny of kingcraft
Artillery is monarchic, cavalry aristo-
cratic and infantry democratic. Armo1
and the horse brought about the rule of
the few over the many; cannon helped
make one man ruler over all, while the
musket is the agent of the popular will
and the pioneer of universal suffrage.
"All the government, says an eminent
philosopher, depends upon the power of
the majority to whip the minority" The
fundamental principle of democracy is
that the wishes of / 600 men shall pre-.
vail over those of 900 men, and the mus
ket gives the 1000 men the physical
power to enforce their will upon the 900
men. unpopular Science Monthly.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-10-17
A Tro Of Ingenious Beauties.


Three Philadelphia bellies attracted
considerable attention on an east bound
passenger train. They had been to
California, had visited the National
park, and were en- route home. While
in the park the young ladies manu-
featured dresses of leaves and NOSES.
which they gathered from the glens and
brooks along the route. The dresses
were most artisticaliy made and were
as beautiful as novel. The plan of con
struotion Was the same as that used in
the construction of paper dresses The
ground work, or foundation, was cloth.
and the leaves and MOSES were artist
cally seWed upon the same. The leaves
were the most beautiful ornaments,
every tint Of the autumn forests being
represented.
The dresses were made under an
agreement between the young ladies
that the novel costumes should be worn
at the first ball given at their home in
the Keystone state. But the dresses
were too beautiful to remain in their
trunks. The temptation to appear in
them and create a sensation was too
great to be resisted, and the other
morning they donned them, and took
particular pains to appear on the plat
form at every station in order that their
genius and art might be appreciated.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-10-17
Abraham Linco1n's Simplicity.

4. D.
was again in Washington part OF
the winter Of 1849 (after the election OF
Gen. Taylor), and saw much of Mr.
Lincoln A small number of mutual
frlends-including Mr.. Lincoln-made
up a party to attend the Inauguration
ball together It was by far the most
brilliant inauguration ball ever given.
Of course Mr.. Lincoln had never seen
ANYTHING of the kind before. One of
the most modest and unpretending
guests present, he could not have
dreamed that like honors were to come
to him almost within decade. He was
greatly interested in all that was to be
seen, and we did not take our departure
until or o'clock IN the morning.
D When we went to the cloak and hat
room Mr.. Lincoln had no trouble in
finding his short cloak, which little
more than covered his shoulders, but
after along search was unable to find his
hat. After an hour he gave up all idea
of finding it. Taking his cloak on his
arm he walked out into Judiciary
square, deliberately adjusting it on his
shoulders, and started off bareheaded
for his lodgings. 1t would be hard to
forget the sight of that tall and slim
man, with his short cloak thrown over
his shoulders, starting for his long
walk home on Capitol Hill at o'clock
in the morning without any hat on.
And this incident is akin to one re-
lated to me by the librarian of the su-
preme court of the nited States. Mr..
Lincoln came to the library one day for
the purpose of procuring some law
books which he wanted to take to his
for examination. Getting together all |
the books he wanted, he placed them IN
a pile on the table Taking a large |
bandana handkerchief from his pocket, !
he tied them up, and, putting a stick
which he had brought with him through |
a knot he had made in the handkerchief, |
and adjusting the package of books to
his stick, he shouldered it and marched
off from the library to his room. In a
few days he returned the books in the
same way.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-10-17

The CAPTAIN almost lost all control over
his vessel, as the wheel was carried away
and the steering gear was out of order
The vessel was hove to for the remainder
OF the day and the following night to
effect repairs of the wheel and to place
new compass in position. Passed the
meridian of Cape Horn July 9th, IS
DAYS out. There experienced three
DAYS gales from w. to S. W, and the
vessel was driven several degrees to the
rear. The weather was very cold on the
Horn. and for several days there we're
two feet of ice on the gallant-forecastle,
the barometer standing at 1883 deg.
After the gale she experienced elghC
days of unusually fine weather. 0he
was % days rounding the Horn from on
deg. S. to 90 deg. S. On August ia eX-
perienced another severe gale from n. n.
E. to w. S. w, accompanied by thunder
and lightning, and the standard compass
was washed overheard. Crossed the
Equator In the Pacific September 10Th,
I4O DAYS out, in longitude 127 deg. w.
The light rainy weather and variable
winds. Sighted Hawaii October 9Th
and made Oahu on the 18th, all we'll on
board. The Peter Godefroy is an iron
vessel OF 1852 tons register, and was built
at Hamburg Is years ago. Her cargo
of spirits, coal, bridge-Work and
general merchandise.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-10-17

THE Sultan of Turkey is having good
deal of trouble of late. Not long ago his
harem revolted, and His Oriental Maj
estY has been much annoyed by carica-
lures which have appeared in the comic
journals of Vienna. The Sublime Porte
has officially requested the Austrian
Government to interfere in behalf of the
Sultan, and the result is that the offend
ing editors have promised to ridicule no
more the sensitive monarch of the Turk
ish Empire.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-10-17

ADvIcEs from Morocco, received at
Madrid, report that the slave trade is
still active in the towns of that empire.
where quite recently the slave dealers
have hawked about the streets their
human victims, offering for sale chiefly
children and young negro women. The
Spanish press call upon their Govern
ment and the other European Powers to
use their influence with the Sultan of
Morocco to check this practice.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-10-17
The Manufacture of G1yoerine.

'The consumption of glycerine for
medicinal purposes, arts and nanufact-
ures has greatly Increased in the past few
years" said Liberty square merchant.
'As you are probably aware, he con-
tinued, "crude gIycerine is the by-product
of the manufacture of candles. TalIow
or other animal or vegetable fats are
saponifed, with the addition of water,
under heat and high steam pressure, IN
closed tanks. The neutral fats separate
into fatty acids and glycerine, which lat
ter remains dissolved in the water. The
solution of glycerine thus formed is con
centrated and sold to ref1ners. Some of
the latter, in order to cheaper the pro-
cess of refining, bleach their half-ref1ned
product by means of vegetable or animal
charcoal. This absOrbs the color and
also some of the acids still in the glycer-
inc, rendering it for a short time inodor-
GUS and almost coIOrless; but the seeds of
further decomposition are not removed,
and in time the acids still contained in
the glycerine Oxydize and the glycerine
becomes off color 1t should properly
be distilled until the last trace of impuri-
ties is removed, when the gIycerine be-
comes chemically pure, inodorous and
cOlOrIess. Boston Globe.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-10-17
Something Better Than Gymnasiums.


I was talking with George Hanlon
about the exercise such athletes as he
recommend for the ordinary man to
pursue IN order to keep the muscles
properly developed. He said: Il am
down on gymnasiums for ordinary pur
poses. They overdo the thing. Too
often they are presided over by men who
only care for the members subscription
and take but little heed as TO his course
of exercise. Heavy weight lifting I won't
tolerate. 1t is most pernicious in its eff
fects on the body, and improves one set
Of muscles at the expense of another.
What [ recommend is the plain, old
fashioned rubber bands or tubes Fasten
them to the wall, about breast high and
then begin. There is no particular for
mula TO go through. Motions will suggest
themselves. Another set of rubbers can
be fastened lower down and the legs ex-
ercised by them. I have peculiar notions,
too, about bathing. [ don't believe in
a comfortable room. Wet a towel, wiring
it out thoroughly, and wipe the surface
of the entire body. Wet it again, but
leave little more moisture in it, and
rub the body again. Once more, with
still more water on the towel, and then
rub off dry. Our family has found that
by all odds the best method. Chicago
News Interview
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-10-17

The long expected German bark Peter
Godeffroy, Captain Peter MoIler, arrived
last Saturday at noon I65 DAYS from
Liverpool, with about $40 tons general
merchandise consigned to F a. Schaefer
& Co., and anchored at the Pacific
Mail Company's wharf. Sailed from
Liverpool May Sd. Experienced eaIms
in the Irish Channel; thence fine
weather to the Equator in the Atlantic,
which was crossed June 9th, 81 DAYS out.
In longitude % deg. w. Thence ex-
perieneed strong southerly gales. On
July 18th, when off the river Rio de la
Plata, the Brazilian coast, encountered
gales from N.N.W. As the vessel was
running before the wind huge wave
struck the starboard quarter of the YES
sci and carried away the wheelhouse,
together with the compass, pinnacle.
steps ait, and smashed the skyIights and
cabin doors, filling the cabin with water.
The man at the wheel was found on deck
in helpless condition, having been Sc
verely injured. It was nearly two
months afterward before he was able TO
walk about. During the same gale. and
IN latitude Al deg. S. and longitude 50
deg. W., the Second Officer, Carl
Shrader, native of Halle, Germany.
ABOUT "A years of age, was washed over
tOlrd and was not seen again. No boat
was lowered as the Captain concluded
that it was only risking more lives to at
tempt any search in such heavy sea
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-10-17
Scarcity Of c tivatsd Men.
Z ew York Cor. ondon Times

It is difficult, if not impossible, to
get statistics in such matters, but it is
not too much to say that in no country
where education is general is there
nearly so small proportion of scholars
and thinkers of the whole number who
attain what may be broadly called uni
versity advantages. The lawyer, doc
tor, or divine who continues his culture
after he embarks in a professional
career or opens Greek or Latin book, is
a rara avis, and IN American politics es-
peciaIly is really cultivated man diff
ficuIt to light upon.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-10-17

THE Russian nihilists are becoming
aggressive again. A pamphlet has been
circulated in st. Petersburg, announcing
that they have reorganized and are pre-
pared for vigorous campaign against
the Government. In Siberia nihilism is
making rapid strides. Forty-fve guards
absconded and twenty-three prisoners
escaped during August.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-10-17
The q. tone" as a Weight.

The ''stone," as weight, is an ex-
ample of approximate uncertainty. We
know that this was IN use until within
the present century. 1t was nothing
more than a cobble-stone such as may
be picked up on the shore of the sea,
and was used as weight in one scale
pan to balance the article to be-
weighed.
Such cobble-s stones were common in
the shops, and often they had rings let
in with their weight marked on them
There was d different standard for diff
ferent articles. At a butcher stall a
stone was fourteen pounds This is the
only meaning which this weight has
kept to our day.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-10-17
stereopticon View of Cholera Ba,

SIeAoOpIACOA view OF NAOAtFA BAclII1s
There was exhibited at the university
in Rome, a short time since, greatly
enlarged stereopticon view of plant,
or fungus, which was claimed TO be the
cholera bacillus. The enlargement was
made by a series of photographs taken
through solar microscopes until the ba-
cillJs was shown about the size of an or
binary catcus plant. 1t was covered
with spines and presented a very unin-
wiling appearance. The exhibition was
unique, as it is the first time that the bac-
illus has ever been presented in way in
which its pecuHarities can be studied
fully and easily.-Boston Transcript.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-10-17
Supreme Court-October Term.
BEFORE BICKERTON, J.
SATURDAY. October 15t

SATURDAY, October 10Th.
The King vs.. Lum Hung, selling
opium. Continued from the 18th. Tried
before foreign jury. F. NJ. Hatch to
assist the Crown, Smith & Kinney for
the defendant. The jury were out over
six hours, and could not agree. His
Honor discharged them at 8 o'clock in
the evening It is understood that eight
were for conviction and four for acquittal.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-10-17

BEFORE POLICE JUSTICE DAYTON.
SATURDAY. Oct. 18th


SATURDAY, Oct. 18th.
Maria Rosa, for disorderly conduct,
was reprimanded and discharged.
Kamaua was fined Sc and $3 80 costs,
and Kaaukai S. with So costs for assault
and battery.
Jas. Bennett, for assault and battery
on w. Ramsey, was fined Sc and 81 80
costs.
A sailor laboring under the name of
Jno. Fagerestram was charged with as
sault with a knife on J. F. Film He
was found guilty and remanded to the
18th for sentence.
Manuel Perry forfeited bail of $25 for
perverting Justice by aiding a prisoner
to escape.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-10-17

THE.value of the electric light was finely
illustrated recently in Osaka, Japan. On
account of the intense heat in the mid
die of the day, work on the Fine Arts
Exhibition in course of erection in
connection with the Osaka Museum, was
suspended, but the men worked dur
ing the night by the aid of electric
liphts
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-10-17

DR.. LAWS, President of the Missouri
State University, has been finally ex-
PEELED from the prohibition party of that
State because he owns a hotel in Kansas
City, in which bar is carried on.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-10-17

THERE was considerable fast driving
and shouting on Beretania street at a
late hour Saturday night.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-10-17

IT rs pleasant to see SO many planters
in town. Their annual meeting, which
commences this morning, will be one of
the most important held by them.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-10-17
Hot Tea for Russian Hack Drivers.

In st. Petersburg there are men who
take about hot tea in large metal pots
covered with felt, and sell it to hack
drivers and coachmen, who have TO wait
for long hours in the cold when there is
party.-Foreign Letter.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-10-17

The Honolulu Almanac and Directory
for 1887 is now on sale at J. H. Soper's
and A. NJ. Hewett's news depots, and at
this office. Price, 80 cents
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-10-17

The P. G.. ADVERTISER Office has
printed the new Constitution in PAM
phlet form. It is inserted in the ''Hono-
lulu Almanac and Directory" which
also contains the old Constitution, and
will be sold at the old price-ffty cents
q copy.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-10-17

It is with ton upon ton of canned fab
bit that Nevada hopes to regain a Lose
fortune.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-10-17

The average age of the 1,490 inmates
of Sing Sing is 90 years.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-10-17

Philadelphia Record: Good wood il
wood of the sloWest growth.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-20
City propertp naniea.

WANTED 10 HlRE.-House. unfinished,
between 63d and Goth ss between 9Th and Madison
aves ADDRESS with full partc stating price H. Post
ONCE Box S.lO6.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-20
1ersep Gitp lproperlp Go Get.

DENTS S3OO.-We offer fifty neat self con-
IL cosey brick buildings jersey city Heights Al
rental Of $500 per having gas water ao
Time doorstep less than 20 minutes 70 ioot
Of Liberty New York For particulars spPy an1 az
Cortlandt st. New York or their agents d. yam VIZ LII
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